Eva Hesse 19361970 and Sol LeWitt 19282007. LeWitt came to fame in the late 1960s with his wall drawings and structures a term he preferred instead of sculptures but was prolific in a wide range of media including drawing printmaking photography painting installation and.
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In 1965 Eva found herself facing a creative block during a period of self-doubt and told Sol of her frustrating predicament.
Sol lewitt to eva hesse ???????. In April of 2016. Gouache on paper 22-38 x 22-38 inches Photo courtesy Craig F. The letters between Hesse and LeWitt surfaced as part of a four-year research endeavor conducted by director and producer Marcie Begleiter and her team.
Solomon Sol LeWitt September 9 1928 April 8 2007 was an American artist linked to various movements including Conceptual art and Minimalism. Taking their unique relationship as its source of inspiration the exquisite exhibition Eva Hesse and Sol LeWitt investigates the reciprocal intensity of their rapport. What began as a week spent reading the postminimalist artists unpublished writing at Allen Memorial Art Museum in Ohio has resulted in Eva Hesse a completed feature-length documentary set to hit theaters in the US.
Their letters were emotional personal and often about creative process. A page from Sol LeWitts 1965 letter to Eva Hesse click to enlarge At the far end of the gallery a case displays LeWitts now famous 1965 letter to Hesse five pages of playful unrelenting and. Dont Worry About Cool Make Your Own Uncool Sol LeWitt Horizontal Brushstrokes More or Less 2002.
Sol LeWitts Advice to Eva Hesse. Eva Hesse and Sol LeWitt celebrates the close friendship between two of the most significant American artists of the postwar era. The catalogue is an extraordinary piece of scholarship not to be missed.
Eva LeWitt Sol LeWitts Daughter on Appreciating Her Influences and Making Her Own Space By Alisha Wexler 101119 800am Installation view of Eva LeWitts Untitled Mesh AJ at the. While Hesses and LeWitts practices diverged in innumerable seemingly antithetical ways this exhibition illuminates the crucial impact of their friendship on both their art and their. His response was an inspiration to her and an anthem for many who followed.
Art 2011 The LeWitt Estate Artists Rights Society New York. The answer to that and to other elemental perplexities of the creative life is what the artist Sol LeWitt September 9 1928April 8 2007 offers in a spectacular 1965 letter to the trailblazing sculptor Eva Hesse whom he had befriended five years earlier. Just DO as Sol LeWitt brilliantly wrote to his young artist friend Eva Hesse.
Sol LeWitt letter to Eva Hesse with thanks to Veronica Roberts. Sol LeWitts Letter of Advice on Self-Doubt Overcoming Creative Block and Being an Artist In 1960 pioneering American artists Sol LeWitt and Eva Hesse met for the first time and became close friends. The meeting of Eva Hesse and Sol LeWitt in 1960 sparked a decade-long friendship that led to a fervent dialogue.
As Sol also to Eva later in the letter you dont have to justify your work not even to yourself On that note I attach the entire letter here. Early in her career she wrote him with uncertainty about the path ahead. In surveying the friendship between Eva Hesse 19361970 and Sol LeWitt 19282007 Roberts reveals how the critical and personal exchanges between two truly iconic Post-War artists informed and shaped modern and contemporary arts practices in an indelible way.
Eva Hesse and Sol LeWitt enjoyed a correspondence that lasted years.
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